Sight reflector and glareshield



May 17,1927. j 1,628,704

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BY Charles 4Zarman A TTQRNEY. f f

Patented May 17, 1927.

UNITED STATES CHARLES ZARTMAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SIGHT REFLECTOR AND GLARESHIELD.

Application led October 31, 1925. Serial No. 65,950.

My invention relates to automobile accessories and more particularly toa device for protecting the eyes of vehicle drivers against excessivelight and for enabling them to see toward the rear of their machine,without turning the head.

'llie primary object of my invention is to provide a combined sightreflector and glare shield which easily may be attached to thewindshield of an automobile and which may be fixed in any desiredposition on the windshield and at any desired angle to the line of sightof the driver.

A further object is to provide a combined sight retiector and glareshield of the character described which is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, which is durable and which readily may he adjusted.

Other objects aiid advantages will appear hereinafter and while I showherewith and will describe a preferred forni of construction, I desireit to be understood that 1 do not limit my invention to such preferredforin but that various changes and adaptaf tions may be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit of my invention as hereinafterclaimed. l

Referring to the drawings which accompany this specification and form apart thereof:

Fig. 1, is a view 1n perspective of the preferred form of my combineds1ght re lector and glare shield, with the glare shield extended, thedevice being shown as applied to a windshield a fragment of which isindicated' in dotted lines.

Fig. 2, is a top edge view of the'combined reflector and glare shieldshown in Fig. 1, with the glare shield in its folded position.

Fig. 3, is a front view of the device as shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4, is a right-hand end view of the device shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, is an enlarged sectional view of the device taken on line 5 5 ofFig. 3.

Considered more in detail the device consists of a mirror set in a frame11 provided with end' lugs 12 and 13, a parallel back plate 14coinciding in outline. with mirror frame 11 which 1s held in slightlyspaced relation thereto and a translucent plate 15 preferably ofcoloredglass or celluloid, which coincides in outline with mirror frame11 and back plate 14, except that it. is somewhat shorter, saidtranslucent plate being adapted to fold into the Space 16 between themirror frame and the back plate, or to be extended from one end thereofat any desired angle thereto. Back plate `l4 is. provided with end lugs17 and 18, coinciding with lugs 12 and 13 respectively of mirror frame11, and translucent plate 15 is provided with one end lug 19, coincidingwith lugs 13 and 18 of the mirror frame and back plate respectively. Lug19 is pivotally held between lugs 13 and 18 by a bolt 20 extendingthrough coinciding apertures iii all three of the lugs and a thumbnut 2lon thethreaded end of bolt 2O is adapted to chiinp'the lugs together sothat plate l5 cannot turn on pivot bolt 2l.

Lug 1t) ot the translucent plate thus serves as a spacer between one endof mirror frame 11 and back plate 14. The other end is similarly spacedby a right-angled lug 22 formed on one end of a hinge plate 23 having apair of parallel lateral lugs 24 on its opposite end bent at rightangles to the plate so that they lie in planes at right angles to thatof lug 22. A horizontal pivot bolt 25 extends through apertures in lugs12, 17 and 22 whereby lug 22 may be clamped between lugs 12 and 17 tohold niirior frame 11 and back plate 14 iii fixed relation to hingeplate 23. A hinge bolt 26 extends through apertures in lugs 24 whereinit is held horizontally but at right angles to pivot bolt 25 and afolded hingeplate 27 is looped around hinge bolt 26 between parallellugs 24. Hinge plate 27 extends away from hinge bolt 26 in longitudinalalignment with hinge plate' 23, its ends being made equal and parallelas shown in Fig. 5, and the bent shank 28 of a at hook 29 adapted tohook over a windshield, is inserted between said parallel ends of hingeplate 27 and is held therebetween by a vertical pivot bolt 30 extendingthrough apertures in the ends of said hingeplate 27 and hook shank 28.Pivot bolt 30 is therefore maintained at right angles both to hinge bolt26 and pivot bolt 25 and the three bolts, together with hinge plates 22and 27, forni a universal jointed bracket. A pair of set screws 31,adapted to hold hook 9 rigidly Ion the windshield, extend through thehook shank near its upper end.

The combined reflector and glare shield is applied to a windshield byslipping hook 29 over the upper frame bar 32 of a windshield at aboutits middle point and tightening set screws 31 to hold it firmly inplace. The mirror frame and. back plate may be adjusted in either'direction about ivot bolt 30, as indicated by the arrows in *ig 2, andmay he adjusted about the pivot bolt 25 in either the position shown infull lines or the position shown in dotted lines in Fi s. 2 and 3, or inany intermediate position wit1- in an angle of 180 degrees. They mayalso be tipped in either direction about hinge bolt 26, as indicated bythe arrows in Fig. 4. These various adjustments make it possible to setthe device so as to accommodate different positions of the driver andany line of vision l'or such different positions. Furthermoretranslucent plate 15 may be adjusted in either direction about pivotbolt 20, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1, to serve as an eye shieldagainst the glare of the sun, of street lamps or of lamps on othermachines. When not required for such purpose the glare shield may beturned int-o slot 16 and clamped there so as to be out 0f the angedeutetSights. c

Having thus illustrated and described my invention, I claim:

A combined sight refiector and glare shield comprising a mirror ixedvina frame having opposite end lugs thereon and a slot in the back thereof;a translucent plate pivotally attached to oneNofaid end lugs so that itmay be swung into said slot or may he extended and fixed at any desiredangle to said mirror; a jointed bracket pivotally attached to the otherof said end lugs, and a suspending hook pivotally attached to saidbracket, said hook being adapted to slip over the top rail ot awindshield and said bracket forming a universal joint between saidmirror frame and said hook, whereby said mirror may be swung about onehorizontal axis to either side of the hook, may be tipped about anotherhorizontal axis to adjust for vertical reflection or may be turned abouta Vertical axis to ali'ust for lateral reflection.

o 'ARLES zAaaMAN.

